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Article: Making the case for Fort Monroe.(Local)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2009
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FUNDING REMAINS a major obstacle, but advocates of turning historic Fort Monroe into a national park are continuing to build a case in preparation for the day money is less scarce and as a safeguard against those who'd like to see the property developed more intensely.
The Trust for Public Land's Center for City Park Excellence recently presented a report on Fort Monroe's future to the federal authority overseeing the Army's transfer of the 570-acre site to the state government. The report was commissioned by the nonprofit Fort Monroe National Park Foundation.
The study's authors concluded that five major cities in the region -- Norfolk, Virginia Beach, ...